Performance and Presentations

The Tuskegee Airmen were African-American pilots and the first black military aviators in the U.S. armed forces. We will tell their story of struggle and triumph and bring this issue into a current context.

Colorado Ballet will offer six weeks of varying dance workshops at Valdez-Perry branch.

After a brief demonstration of multiple dance styles, youth in the After School Is Cool (ASIC) program will determine which six dance styles they’d like to experience in class! Potential options include: Creative Movement, Ballet, West African, Jazz, Hip-hop, Bollywood, Hula, and many more!

Performance artist Lonnie McCabe portrays the personal childhood story of Linda “KaiKai” Tucker, a woman whose uncle was the founder of Lincoln Hills (1925-1965), one of only four African-American resorts in the United States at the time.

Associate Professor Hillary Potter, CU Department of Ethnic Studies will present her ongoing ethnographic research conducted in Ferguson, Missouri, which investigates the legal, socio-structural, community, and racialized responses and issues surrounding the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. Professor Potter will be joined by members of The Denver Ferguson Freedom Riders.